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This hall is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Number Twos, Lancers, Dragons, they can all be found here. Because of their high rank, they tend to have a surrogate leadership for much of the rest of the house while the Quartet of Service are more there for appearance. More paranoid deities believe they are using this influence to rise up and overthrow their masters, though if they're talking about Starscream, they're probably right.

Greater Gods

Starscream

Starscream, God of Big Bad Betrayal (Ulchtar, Screamer, The Silver Snake, Mazinscream, Nightscream, Lord Starscream, Emperor of Destruction, Stiletto-Heeled Freak, Megascream, Angelscream)

G1 Starscream

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Unicron Trilogy ^Starscream
(Counter-clockwise from top-right: Armada (super and normal mode), Energon, Cybertron)

Movie ^Starscream

Animated ^Starscream

Prime ^Starscream

Cyberverse ^Starscream

• Intermediate God, bordering on Greater God (Intermediate God in authority)
• Symbol: A crowned figure with a knife in its back, or the Decepticon insignia (either G1◊ or G2◊)
• Theme Song: "Instruments of Destruction" (shared by most of his fellow Decepticons), "Transformers: Devastation - Starscream", "Prelude to Energon - Starscream"
• Alignment: Neutral Evil; Unicron Trilogy incarnation initially shows traits of Lawful Neutral; Lawful Evil as his Prime incarnation; Chaotic Evil as his Cyberverse incarnation
• Portfolio: Always seeks to usurp his leader (and a Trope Namer to boot), Trained Backstabber, Self-Aggrandization, Narcissism, Smug Snake, Butt-Monkey, Jerkass Woobie (sometimes), Inexplicably Popular Bad Guy, Evil Overlords' Biggest Distraction, Seekers, Transforming into Cool Planes, Sometimes known to come back to live, either as a ghost with indestructible spark or through Resurrective Immortality, Managed to outwit Unicron, Varying characterization in different media: Nicer and nobler as Unicron Trilogy incarnation (at first) and craves approval of Megatron, and MUCH viler as his Cyberverse incarnation, trying to destroy Cybertron and the universe for crimes against him
• Domains: Destruction, Plotting, Hissy Fits, Cannon Fodder, Unpredictable Treachery/Obedience, Attention Seeking
• Heralds: The Seekers^note including but not limited to Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ramjet, Dirge, Thrust, Sunstorm, Bitstream, Hotlink, Nacelle, Acid Storm, Ion Storm, Nova Storm, Skyquake and Slipstream, Swindle (his Mini-Con partner), his Beast Wars II counterpart
• Followers: Starscream refuses any priests or followers that don't have the exact same body structure as himself.
• Superior: Megatron (usually; he nearly always seeks to usurp him when given the chance)
• "Allies": Shang Tsung, Cobra Commander, Revolver Ocelot, Gul'dan
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Fellow Decepticons and Predacons (Soundwave, Shockwave, Blitzwing, Sixshot, Tidal Wave).
• Enemies:
  • Autobots and associates: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, The Dinobots, Jazz, Wheeljack, Bulkhead, Dinobot, Arcee, Primus
  • Others: Unicron, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Snake-Eyes, The Ghostbusters (ESPECIALLY Peter Venkman), USS Enterprice-A/B Senior Crew, Worf, Jeremiah Gottwald, Malekith, The Vivid Team, Kouji Kabuto and Tetsuya Tsurugi, Ryoma Nagare, Evangelion pilots and Misato Katsuragi, Wasp King, Ramon, King Skales, Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, Mannfred von Carstein, Dr. Eggman, Dr. Wily
• Opposed by: Beast Megatron
• Complicated Relationship: Waspinator
• Fears: Gozer
• The infamous Decepticons' second-in-command, Starscream's most well-known trait is that he's never content with playing a second banana to Megatron, his superior, and always seeks to betray him and take over his position as the leader of the Decepticons, and will resort to drastic measures to do so. Of course, it's easier said than done, because Megatron is very hard to defeat, and even harder to dethrone, with his extreme strength and a strong loyalty he inspires in his troops. Despite that, Starscream still hasn't given up and continues holding on to hope that one day, he will be the one who'll give out orders to the Decepticons.
• He had ascended long time ago with all other Decepticons back in the Pantheon's earliest days, serving under Megatron as always. However, due to his constant treachery attempts, Megatron and his Decepticons finally has had it enough with Starscream's slag, and, seeing the poor condition of his temple, tried to use it as an excuse to remove the treacherous second-in-command from the Pantheon. Overhearing this conversation, Starscream panicked, as he didn't want to leave, and in panic he tried to find a way to convince Court of the Gods to get him to stay. Watching memories through many lives he lived in many different timelines and universes, he noticed that his primary defining characteristic was always his constant desire to usurp Megatron in majority of his appearances, finally giving him material to prevent his removal. His panic now replaced with the joy, he immediately went to the Court to make a bid to renew his title.
  • He arrived just in time when Shockwave, on Megatron's behalf, went on Court and tried to convince the Judges to remove Starscream from the Pantheon, proposing to claim the title for himself, listing his own treacherous behavior in the name of logic and the Decepticon cause. Starscream immediately attacked Shockwave, almost leading to a heated battle, forcing the Court to set their foot. Once the conflict cooled down, they tried to kick the Seeker out of the room for starting the fight, prompting the Screamer to explain his true reason for arrival to Judges: to renew his title. Using the aforementioned reasoning he noted on during his panic, he pleaded on his knees for Judges to not remove him from the Pantheon. The Judges just sighed and rolled their eyes; though they accepted his reasoning and renewed his title, they told Starscream that, as the one who named the phenomenon in the first place, along with being one of the most infamous examples, the chances of him being removed from the Pantheon were minimal, rendering the whole mess with the Decepticons trying to remove him completely pointless. Upon hearing this, Starscream proceeded to gloat about it for a week to all other Decepticons (and anyone else who wanted him to leave) until Megatron ran out of patience and landed a fist into his face.
• Has several forms he takes depending on the situation, with one thing remaining consistent is that they all transform into jet planes, whether Cybertronian or Earth-made. His default form is Generation One Starscream, known to possess indestructible spark that allows him to manifest himself as a ghost that can possess other Cybertronians, and speaking in a screechy voice. His Unicron Trilogy incarnation possesses three different forms, each of which possesses its own powered-up form, taken from different time periods. In all three forms, he's known to be adept sword-wielder, but personalities and abilities of these forms differ; the first one is noble (to the point of befriending the Autobots' human children allies) and simply craves Megatron's approval, second one is a brainwashed mindless slave with teleportation powers, and the final one is his old treacherous self with extra competence and lack of his usual cowardice. His movie incarnation is surprisingly not as proactive in his treachery, though he's still motivated by it and does have his moments, though he gets mocked for his "Dorito-shaped body". His Animated version has pink coloration, long chin, and a shard of Allspark in his head that gives him Resurrective Immortality, allowing him to come back to life after death. His Prime incarnation is much more agile, intelligent, and even got to lead the Decepticons for a while. And lastly, his Cyberverse incarnation already started out as a completely selfish jerk and only became worse after his Near-Death Experience, trying to eradicate all Autobots and Decepticons, and then, after becoming a Quintesson, he tried to destroy Cybertron and the entire universe, forcing the Autobots and the Decepticons to team up and destroy him. Starscream rarely takes that last one form because even he is repulsed by the sheer heinousness of this particular incarnation; while he undoubtedly wants to rule the Decepticons by any means possible, he will cross a line at destruction of Cybertron and the universe.
• Much like all other Transformers, he has his own set of dedicated heralds. His most preferred ones are Seekers of all kinds, who are known to mostly share his chassis. The ones who are seen by his side the most are Skywarp, a black-and-purple Dumb Muscle with teleportation powers and love for messing with other Decepticons, and Thundercracker, a blue Decepticon jet capable of creating sonic booms and known to dislike anyone who can't fly, but has doubts regarding the rightfulness of the Decepticon cause. Other groups include: Coneheads, named such for their nosecone-shaped heads, consisting of fearful-in-every-meaning-of-the-word Dirge, headstrong Ramjet who refuses to share the sky with anyone, and braggart Thrust; Rainmakers, capable of creating acid rain, consisting of Acid Storm, Ion Storm and Nova Storm, possessing powers of acid, EMP and extreme heat resistance, respectively; the Welcoming Comittee, consisting of deathly radioactively blazing Sunstorm, and also Bitstream, Hotlink, and Nacelle; Slipstream, who is his sometimes Opposite-Sex Clone, and sometimes a regular Seeker, and many others. In his Unicron Trilogy body, he's also accompanied by Swindle, his personal Mini-Con who's always in it for himself, but still gets along well with his partner Starscream. While he lacks a strength of character to be a good guy, he has too much bouts of conscience to be considered a bad guy, and as such, he prefers to come only when Screamer takes his Unicron Trilogy body from his more noble days.
• His relationship with his superior Megatron is quite a big headscratcher among other deities. While it's true that he wants Megatron's position, the reasons why he wants it tend to be different; usually, he's motivated by a simple ego and displeasure of playing the role of second banana, but some sources claim that it's because he genuinely admired Megatron in the past, but grew disillusioned by his constant failures as a leader, while others state that it's all due to constant centuries of abuse he endured (and sometimes he actually wanted to gain Megatron's approval all along), or sometimes because he's genuinely a more competent leader who wants to keep the Decepticons in check for the sake of all Cybertronians. Regardless of the reason, there is no denying that he's not getting Megs' position any time soon. There are also those who question why Megatron bothers to keep him around in spite of his treachery, a question even he would like to ask himself.
  Megatron: Why? That's what they all asked me. Why him... why Starscream? Why, of all Decepticons, did I decide to revitalize the one whose record of deceit and betrayal is legend? Because I'm an idiot, that's why!
  • As of other Decepticons? Well, Soundwave, as Megatron's most loyal servant, dislikes Starscream for his treachery and went on a record to state that if Starscream ever successfully destroys Megatron and usurps him, Soundwave would be the one to rebuild and reinstate him as a leader. Starscream's relationship with Shockwave, on the other hand, is more complicated: sometimes, Starscream sees him as a challenge to his position of authority, and at other times, they are actually willing to cooperate as long as it helps their own individual agendas. Blitzwing, for his part, is mostly Megatron's loyalist, thus earning Starscream's ire, and even back when he did slip into treachery, he double-crossed both Megatron and Starscream, prompting the two to reluctantly team up against the treacherous triple-changer. And lastly, Sixshot and Tidal Wave are both very loyal to Megatron, and as such, won't stand Starscream ruling over them. In spite of all of that, Starscream is still confident that one day, they all would not have any other choice than to answer to him.
  • The Autobots are obviously not too pleased with seeing Starscream around, his sneaky and unpredictable nature, as well as his speed and null rays making him a very formidable opponent. Besides his desire to vanquish Optimus Prime (especially as a revenge for that one time when Prime tore off his arm and started smacking him with it), he also has an enmity with Bumblebee for INTERRUPTING HIS SPEEEEEECH!!!, and Arcee due to the fact that he killed her partner Cliffjumper in one timeline. Starscream, for his part, sees them as nothing more but another 'bots to vanquish, and would gladly mock and taunt them over his own achievement of killing Cliffjumper, which only infuriates them further.
  • The Predacons of the Decepticon/Predacon alliance don't like him much, given how he once tried to take them over and usurp their Megatron during a brief tenure when his time-displaced immortal spark possessed Waspinator's body. Starscream only scoffed and replied that once he takes over the Decepticon leadership, Predacons would be forced to serve him as well, and told them to shut it and get used to him. Speaking of Waspinator, he himself hasn't forgotten about how Starscream possessed him, and when Starscream's physical body gets destroyed, his disembodied spark more often than not possesses Waspinator, taking full control over his body. While they may bicker, Waspinator secretly enjoys the perks Starscream's spark gives to his body.
  • It would not be forgotten for a very long time that he once managed to successfully con Unicron himself into giving him the physical body during his brief tenure as a ghost, only to back off from his end of the deal by refusing to plug his body into Cybertron (which he tried to assimilate into his body) despite his earlier promises, allowing the Autobots and Decepticons to launch him away. Unicron never forgot this, nor he had forgiven the Seeker. Despite this, when desperate, he's still willing to make Starscream his Herald, known as Megascream, greatly increasing his power and giving him an ability to combine, at the cost of Unicron having total control over the Seeker, something Starscream really doesn't appreciate.
  • As if his victory over one Transformer god is not enough, it was later found out that he once managed to steal the energy of Primus, growing to skyscraper size, and then, after stealing more of his energy, growing to a size of a planet, and being able to go nose-to-nose with the Cybertronian creator-god himself. Starscream really wants to taste such power once again, but unfortunately, Primus' inactivity prevents him from harnessing it once more, much to his dismay.
• Few in the Pantheon trust him, as he is a well-known traitor. They figure that one day, he'll try to proclaim himself God of Existence, and they'll have to backhand him back down, but due to his physical weakness compared to some of the other gods, most aren't that concerned about him. His treacherous nature earned him quite a number of allies, specifically those who themselves were known to be treacherous right hands. Shang Tsung is the closest one can consider to be Starscream's true ally, as they are known to get along very well due to the strong commonalities with each other, being second-in-commands who are trying to usurp their respective overlords. It's even rumored that they plan to form an alliance where they'll take out key players of the Pantheon to rule the Grand United Alliances for themselves. Other schemers he ended up allying himself with were Revolver Ocelot and Gul'dan, who were also known to be very treacherous underlings. Of course, knowing Starscream, some deities made their bets that their alliance would not last long before they try to betray each other.
  • He also attempted to form an alliance with Malekith, having heard about how he encourages backstabbing and treachery among his own underlings. However, the Witch-King turned down his offer, having heard of Starscream's pathetically low success rate when it comes to taking over the position as a leader of his own faction, even going as far as to claim that Starscream cannot even lead a parade, much to the Screamer's irritation.
• Surprisingly gets along well with Cobra Commander, as the two are often seen scheming together and have a very stable working relationship. Of course, while it's true that Starscream might abandon or betray the Commander when given the chance or just to save his own hide, but as it still hasn't happened in the Pantheon (yet), Starscream enjoys the cooperation and sees Cobra Commander as one of the few humans he likes. Some have theorized that it has something to do with their similarly sounding screechy voices, but they refused to state anything on that matter.
  • He's also VERY unhappy to learn that Snake-Eyes was in the Pantheon, and the Ninja reciprocates. The reason behind this is due to their personal relationship in one continuity; Starscream, and all other Cybertronians, were once retrieved by Cobra when they were in stasis, and were brainwashed to be used as weapons of mass destruction, their attack resulting in the death of Snake-Eyes' family. Starscream was one of the many brainwashed pawns, and he was directly responsible for the ninja's face disfigurement and the loss of voice, a fact he was more than happy to rub this fact into his face during their second meeting. Unfortunately for the Seeker, said meeting resulted in him getting his eye sliced and have grenade shoved into it◊. The two still hold a grudge against each other and will be more than happy to put an end to each other.
• Starscream has several degrees and specialties despite his compulsion to shoot authority figures, a feat best explained by his hypnotizing capacity to zero in on suckers. So far, he has conned McCoy into giving him Federation mapping grids^*After their first official crossover, McCoy had expressed regret at allowing such well-known traitor to deceive him, talked Heero Yuy out of several "outdated" humongous mecha, plus he used the Decepticon Space Bridge for unauthorized visits to Cybertron with the promise of bringing back energon. Our sources are not sure who Starscream wishes to usurp this time, but they recommend that Starfleet captains of all timelines be on guard for their first encounter with Humongous Mecha.
• During that one time when the Decepticons attempted to form an alliance with Klingons against USS Enterprice, he was one of their most vocal critics until they revealed the existence of cloaking devices. Using it to sneak away and absorb huge amounts of dilithium, he attempted to invade Klingon homeworld and establish himself as their new leader, only to fail when the Decepticons decided to follow him and punish the Seeker for his treachery. This tenure had permanently earned them the enmity from USS Enterprice-A/B Senior Crew (who directly faced him and other Decepticons during that time) and Worf, who wasn't all too happy to learn that the Screamer tried to take over his homeworld.
• He once had an unfortunate encounter with a certain pony and will probably never recover from such humiliation. Because he never died from the attack, he had to wait for his Spark to leave Rainbow Dash's body. He was later welcomed with overwhelming laughter. Following this "indignation", Starcream saw Rainbow Dash as enemy ever since and would be very eager to have a rematch with her. In fact, he even struck a deal with Michael Bay to put her in one of his projects and get her killed, most likely in an explosion. He lost it when it turned out that he just used a doll of her.
  • The humiliation didn't stop when, in the official crossover between their franchises, he faced an embarrassing defeat from the hands of Arcee and Rarity. For context, he and his Seekers, Skywarp and Thundercracker, once enslaved her and her employees in Manehattan, forcing them to polish his image, complete with remaking his infamous "coronation" outfit. However, before they could finish, Arcee landed a swift kick into the Screamer's face, and then a Fembot teamed up with a pony, resulting in them working together to defeat the Seekers, with Rarity entangling them in Starscream's own discarded cape. Now with two ponies hurting his pride, he wishes to have his revenge on them by trying to carpet-bomb their temples, with fairly low success rate.
• He's still mad at Ghostbusters for capturing him twice back when he was reduced to a ghostly state. Of them all, he holds a particular hatred for Peter Venkman, as he was the one who was messing with Screamer the most, and now that the Seeker has a corporeal body, he's more than happy to know that he is now able to enact his revenge on the human that humiliated him. Of course, Venkman had anticipated this and called Optimus to deal with him, who in turn brought in the other Autobots, resulting in the Screamer fleeing from the sight of being vastly outnumbered. The fact that the Autobots are now ensuring that Starscream would not be able to take his revenge on the Ghostbusters pisses him off to no end.
  • To make matters worse for him, when he found out that Gozer is in the Pantheon as well made him terrified, with some onlookers even commenting that they thought they've heard a sound of machine oil leaking onto the ground. He hopes that Gozer would never notice him to prevent it from taking a form he imagined that would be the most destructive (said form being Starscream himself, giant-sized, in his "coronation" outfit, wearing a chain with the Matrix of Leadership and the severed heads of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Jetfire and Shockwave) so that it won't destroy him again. Plus, Megatron would be pissed at him (as if he's not always already).
• Jeremiah Gottwald, renowned for his extreme Undying Loyalty to his empress, Marianne, which carried over to her son Lelouch, feels only disgust and resentment towards Starscream and his lack of loyalty to anything except himself. Starscream in turn mocks him, claiming that a "flesh creature" just wastes his time on supporting a dead person, stating that nobody cares about dead people. This only irritated the Britannian soldier further, fueling his desire to put an end to the Screamer's selfish ambitions.
• The Vivid Team is as repulsed by Starscream and his treacherous tendencies as they are extremely wary of him. Given their experience with their former enemy, Rei, who was falsely promised by the Crow to have her family revived, only for him to consume her and absorb her power the moment she outlived her usefulness, they prefer to avoid his negotiation attempts, having heard about how he scammed Unicron out of his deal, and how his Cyberverse incarnation made a false promise of an era of peace on Cybertron that he intended to enact...by extracting all of Cybertronian sparks, starting with his fellow Seekers the moment they were no longer useful to him. Starscream, for his part, sees them as just yet another obstacle on his part for world domination.
• Having faced him in the past, Kouji Kabuto was not happy to see Starscream again in the Pantheon, given that, back then, the Seeker had managed to absorb spare Mazinger parts with Photonic Energy, turning into Mazinscream, an unstable fusion possessing immense power, but incapable of controlling it. Back then, it required a combined effort of Kouji, Optimus and Megatron to destroy him, sending the Cybertronians back into their homeworld. Upon learning of Kouji's presence in the Pantheon, Starscream resumed his efforts to absorb his Photonic Energy, which also landed him into Tetsuya's bad graces as well.
  • Upon learning of Getter Rays from Ryoma Nagare's home universe, Starscream made it his goal to absorb them together with Photonic Energy to achieve god-like powers, thus earning him Ryoma's ire as well. However, the fact that Getter is actually a manifestation of an Eldritch Abomination that would destroy everything with its power brought fear into the treacherous schemer's spark, as he'd really prefer to stay alive, though that doesn't deter him from his goal. He rationalizes that "it's okay as long as Getter Emperor hasn't manifested", plus he's confident that with the godlike power he'll get, he will destroy the Emperor with ease.
• Having met Starscream before, Misato Katsuragi is absolutely unhappy with seeing him once again in the Pantheon, given that the last time they met, Starscream (as a ghost) possessed an Angel, turning himself into "Angelscream", and tried to destroy Tokyo-3. Evangelion pilots share her sentiment and had agreed to work together with the Autobots if Starscream ever tries to pull the same trick again. Starscream, for his part, sees them as yet another obstacles on his goal of world domination.
• Many deities would never let him live down the incident when Starscream got unexpectedly attacked and gnawed on by Ramon, a giant sewer alligator, with him repeatedly trying to get the attacker off his body to no avail, and it took him an hour to get Ramon to leave him alone. When gods learned that this wasn't the first time when Starscream had troubles with giant alligators, it only made them laugh even further at Starscream's misfortune.
  Starscream, during the incident: AAAAAAGH! GET THIS THING OFF ME!!!
• One time when Starscream's disembodied spark possessed Waspinator's body after his own body's destruction ended up coinciding with the time when the Wasp King tried to brainwash the wasp Predacon. When the king noticed how odd Waspinator started acting, he demanded him to explain himself, prompting Starscream to reveal his possession of the Predacon. The Seeker decided to pledge loyalty to him (of course, he was planning to backstab him anyway), but the Wasp King, having heard of Starscream's reputation, claimed that he accepts his loyalty...and proceeded to brainwash him into Blind Obedience as an "insurance" for Starscream's loyalty claims. After getting blown to scrap and having his spark expelled from Waspinator's body, Starscream proclaimed that he would have his revenge on an insect for daring to control him.
• Having heard of how Skales managed to successfully usurp his master and become the new king of the Serpentine, Starscream seeked him out to form an alliance, hoping to get yet another schemer on his side. But much to his disappointment, he learned that not only Skales renounced his evil ways thanks to his wife and the son, but also led the Serpentine to an era of peace with humanity. In fury, he tried to put an end to the Serpentine king, but was stopped by the Autobots, who followed his trail, suspecting him to do something nasty, and tracked him down just in time.
• Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, in their opposition of the Decepticons, considers Starscream a high-priority threat, given that F-16 Falcon altmode of his Prime incarnation is known to blend in with their own aircrafts of the same model, confusing pilots and troopers alike, much to his own pleasure. To prevent this issue, HECU command had requested to install special radars on each fighter jet that sends out an encrypted signal that would hopefully be able to mark HECU fighter jets apart from Starscream.
• To the surprise of the many, even Starscream would cross the line at being willing to work with Mannfred von Carstein, finding Mortarch of Night to be too despicable even to his own tastes. To such revelation, Mannfred only laughed and called Screamer a hypocrite, claiming that Starscream himself is as much of a treacherous snake as he is. The Seeker responded that at least he'd rather keep the universe and its people (mostly) intact so that they would devote themselves to him, while Mannfred has no such excuse. Starscream even went as far to declare that he won't even object to forming a temporary alliance with his other enemies as long as that means he'll get the chance to permanently put an end to the vampire lord.
• Having formed an alliance with Dr. Arkeville once back in his home universe only to doublecross him and exploit his inventions for his own goals, Starscream seeked out to ally himself with Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily, hoping to exploit them as well. However, Dr. Eggman, having heard of Starscream's reputation and himself having dealt with one treacherous underling, his own nephew Snively (at least on bad days), declined the alliance, and even warned Dr. Wily to stay away from him, much to the Seeker's frustration.
• "Conquest is made from the ashes of one's enemies."

Intermediate Gods

Arachnos Patrons

Belladonna Vetrona, Gideon Ray, Imad Malak and Ernesto Rodriguez, Quartet Patrons of Personal Motive-Driven Lieutenants (Belladonna: Ghost Widow, Widow Vetrano, Ghost Lady, GW, Ghost-Bitch | Gideon: Captain Mako, Jaws | Imad: Scirocco, Desert Wind, Emo, Achmed | Ernesto: Black Scorpion, BS)

Left-to-Right: Captain Mako, Black Scorpion, Ghost Widow, and Scirocco. Background: Lord Recluse (Not Listed)

• Intermediate Gods
• Symbol: The Arachnos Symbol
• Alignment: Lawful Evil Overall, though Black Scorpion and Captain Mako tend to Blend into Neutral and Chaotic Moments. Scirocco wants to be Lawful Good.
• Portfolio: Lord Recluse's Top Lieutenants who Have their Own Goals and Motivations that Deviate from their Superior
  • Ghost Widow: Dark Magical Girl, White Hair, Black Heart, Is Thoroughly Dedicated to Arachnos, Dramatic Wind, Noble Top Enforcer, Psychic Block Defense, Soul Jar, Draining the Souls of her Victims, Sees her Fellow Comrades as Rivals, Wants to Finish Off her Former Last Task so She can be Resurrected and Free Herself from Arachnos's Influence
  • Captain Mako: Threatening Shark Man, Fast Hard-Hitter, The Most Sinister Patron of Arachnos, Hurting Others for the Hell of It, Blood Knight, Man Eaters, A Man who Acts on his Beastly Desires, Psycho for Hire, Is the Most Adamant and Ambitious in his Own Personal Goals, Abandoned to an Orphanage of Fear where his Constant Ostracization would Pave the Way for his Villainy, Destroyed his Orphanage Out of Retribution for Being Bullied
  • Scirocco: The Most Sympathetic of the Patrons, Despises Being a Villain Due to Being Afflicted with a Curse where Anything he Does with Good Intentions only make Things Worse, Has Powers over Sand and Wind, Magic Knight, Weilding a Legendary Scimitar that's the Source of his Curse, The Eeyore, Endurance-Sapping Powers, Values Honor, Mercy, and Nobility
  • Black Scorpion: Hulking Bruiser, Villainous Scorpion Motifs, Possessing a Giant, Robotic Scorpion Tail, Is the Head of Arachnos's Security, The Least Respected Patron of Arachnos, Expressing Admiration Towards Those who Defeat Him in Combat, Serving Arachnos Out of Gaining Profit, Powered Armor, Psychopathic Manchild
• Domains: Villainy, Lieutenants, Motives, Individuality, Desire (all of them), Duty, Ghosts, Assassination (Ghost Widow), Sharks, Murder, Power (Captain Mako), Curses, Tragedy, Honor (Scirocco), Cybernetics, Brutes, Bribes (Black Scorpion)
• Heralds: Their Personal Sidekicks (Wretch, Barracuda, Ice Mistral, Silver Mantis)
• High Priest: Braig/Xigbar
• Direct Superior: Lord Recluse
• Top Pantheonic Superior: Darkseid^note Out of Formality. The Patrons are Neutral, whereas Scirocco Despises the Lord of Tyranny
• Allies: Cobra Commander, Cooler, Shao Kahn, M. Bison, Larxene, Syndrome
  • Ghost Widow: The Baroness, Spooky, Talia Al-Ghul
  • Captain Mako: Kisame Hoshikagi, Victor Zsasz
  • Scirocco: Black Adam, Golbez, Jecht, Lelouch Lamperouge, Homura Akemi
  • Black Scorpion: Kalibak
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Lex Luthor, Quan Chi, Lester/Bullseye
• Rivals:
  • Ghost Widow: Morathi
  • Captain Mako: Black Manta, Captain Blackbeard, Cletus Kasady/Carnage
  • Black Scorpion: Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Floyd Lawton/Deadshot
• Enemies:
  • In General: Statesman, Clark Kent/Superman, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Izuku Midoriya, Toshinori Yagi/All Might, Saitama, Akame, Night Raid, The Incredibles, The Boys
  • Ghost Widow: Takeru Tenkuji/Kamen Rider Ghost, Makoto Fukami/Kamen Rider Specter, Alain/Kamen Rider Necrom, Danny Phantom, Reimi Sugimoto, Luigi, King Boo, Natasha Romanova/Black Widow
  • Captain Mako: Fin Shepard, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Barry Allen/The Flash, Granny Goodness, Ariel, Melody, King Triton, Jack Sparrow, Monkey D. Luffy, Jinbei and the Straw Hat Pirates, Sakazuki
  • Scirocco: Most of his own allies^note This stems from his disdain of being a villain
  • Black Scorpion: Tony Stark/Iron Man, Dr. Abraham Erskine
• Respects: Enter (Captain Mako)
• Respected By: Grand United Alliance of Evil
• On Good Terms With: Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Lea/Axel, Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen Rider Ryugen, Takatora Kureshima/Kamen Rider Zangestsu, Kronk, Wreck-It Ralph, Nico Robin, Zeref (Scirocco^note More in Friendly Enemy territory. They'd be allies if it weren't for Scirocco's curse.)
• Opposes: Deities who either Are or Associated with Nazis and their Ideology (on principle)
• Opposed By: Members of the Justice League, Teen Titans, Avengers and the X-Men, The U.A. High School Students and Staff Faculty, Members of The Hero Association
• Pitied By: House of Heroism (Scirocco)
• At one point, Arachnos used to be a mafia organization in Italy with a strong adherence to the survival of the fittest. While its presence and influence were always a threatening one, it would become something far more formidable once superhumans came into being. A man named Stefan Richter joined Arachnos and went by "Recluse" sometime after drinking from the Fountain of Zeus and, from within, schemed and plotted to recreate Arachnos to his own design, playing a hand in assassinating its leader, The Weaver before, taking complete control and rechristening himself as "Lord Recluse". Using his divinely gifted mind and resources, Lord Recluse transformed Arachnos from a mafia crime syndicate into a supervillain cabal recognized by the United Nations. And in an effort to distribute a hierarchy in his brand of villainy, Lord Recluse selected four different individuals to become Arachnos's Patrons, the organization's top lieutenants, and hosting their own set of villain armies. And the four villains who were selected were a wraith who went by Ghost Widow, a mutant shark-like and ex-modern pirate being named Captain Mako, a Fallen Hero of ancient times known as Scirocco, and a cybernetically enhanced thug and former mercenary who went by the moniker of Black Scorpion.
  • Belladonna Vetrano was once a Night Widow, a sect of Arachnos that consisted of seductive assassins, when she was killed in a strike mission in 1989, alongside her entire squadron with the exception of Paolo Marino, a Wolf Spider squad leader, who would then go on to become a being known as Wretch and becoming bound to Belladonna's service once she resurfaced as a spectre and taking on the title of Ghost Widow. It turns out that her existence as a ghost on Earth is to do with the fact that she had "unfinished business" and that she is held by an "anchor" that she must destroy if she ever wants to ascend into the afterlife. In her case, the "anchor" is the Arachnos organization itself, hence she will remain a ghost so long as Arachnos exists. Her true goal, however, is to remove the "anchor" and finally be free of Lord Recluse's influence by finding a way to resurrect herself
  • Gideon Ray was born with freakishly hideous mutations akin to a shark. His alterations proved too much for his parents to handle, to the extent where they dropped him off to an orphanage that did him no favors whatsoever as the kids there took to mercilessly bullying and mocking Gideon for his appearance. Then, the orphanage was destroyed and Gideon was nowhere to be seen, though prior to this, there were reports of deaths in the Orphanage. In his disappearance, Gideon joined a pirate cabal that commandeered a ship called the Black Powder and cruised and worked around the Rogue Isles, eventually becoming a captain of the ship and taking on the moniker of Captain Mako. Then Lord Recluse showed up and claimed the Rogue Isles for himself and despite Captain Mako fighting back and losing, he's since become content in becoming Lord Recluse's right hand and personal assassin, being sent out to swiftly kill and destroy any targets and quickly and effectively as possible, mainly to alert others about the might and terror of Arachnos. Though secretly, Captain Mako does intend to usurp and overthrow Lord Recluse via awakening the power of the sea god, Leviathan, in a bid to claim ultimate power and authority in the world's supervillain community.
  • Imad Malak was once an ordinary man who was traveling in the desert sands of the Baka Valley in the Middle East. That is until he discovered an ancient tomb where he stumbled across the burial site of a legendary hero of history and many of his belongings, including the bottle of the djinn, Serafina, and a mighty scimitar that possessed great power. Feeling as if he can carry on the hero's legacy, Imad took the sword and decided to don the mantle of Scirocco, but unfortunately, he was not destined to be the hero's successor and thus, Imad was afflicted with a curse where can do nothing but perform acts of evil and any attempt to do good would only backfire. Even selling the bottle did no good as its highest bidder was a criminal organization known as the Circle of Thorns and Scirocco had no satisfaction in becoming one of Lord Recluse's Patrons. All he wishes is to be rid of the curse that has rendered him miserable and unsatisfied so that he could finally be the hero he always wanted to be.
  • Ernesto Rodriguez was a mercenary from South America where he was given a mission in the United States to infiltrate the laboratory of Leonard Bowen. Rodriguez and his team fought through heavy security, but while the full details of the mission were not known, one of the things that were certain was that Rodriguez was able to find a battlesuit that Bowen was working on and took great interest in it. Ernesto tortured Bowen for information about the suit before killing him and taking the suit for himself, becoming Black Scorpion in the process. He used the suit to earn money and provide upgrades for his armor, which is how he was led to his future partner-in-crime, Silver Mantis, and Arachnos, where Black Scorpion became the head of the organization's scientific division, dedicated to finding ways to "motivate" his fellow scientists to compensate for his low intelligence. He also fronts Arachnos's security, though one of his desires is to underwhelm his fellow Patron's reputation and security measures so that he could be the only one to look commendable towards Lord Recluse. That, and just earn more and more money and improving his suit with his job.
• When Lord Recluse ascended into the Pantheon via engineering a series of events and property damage in order to attract the attention of Superman, he promptly bought along with the entire Arachnos organization as his Heralds as he was certain that if he had to arrive in a whole new realm, it would be best to bring along his entire army to govern, provide, and lead. This also included the Arachnos Patrons who went along with what Lord Recluse had planned for the Pantheon. That said, all four of them felt that they also needed a reputation to uphold and decided to find a way to designate themselves as something more than Lord Recluse's heralds. And their goal was to become ascended deities themselves. After spending some time working with their master and antagonizing much of the forces of good, the Patrons were eventually recognized by the greater parts of the Pantheon and were officially known as deities by that point on. Little do they know, however, that Lord Recluse himself had secretly orchestrated their ascension as a means to further his own reputation in the Pantheon, much to the Patrons' chagrin.
• As Arachnos's philosophy is deep-rooted in "Survival of the Fittest" it comes off as no surprise that the Patrons are the most powerful assets and members that Lord Recluse has in his organization. All four members have a sub-faction of their own and are effective lieutenants in their own right, leading their forces with utmost efficiency, which is a given as their subordinates tend to share the same power as their direct superiors. However, even with this amount of leadership, there is one stingy trait the Patrons have; they are all competing against one another on who could be most in favor of Lord Recluse and who would be the most suitable in taking over or overthrowing his leadership. That said, neither of them has much luck as Lord Recluse not only knows about their squabbles but is confident that they need him, otherwise, Arachnos would quickly destabilize and crumble due in part to less-successful leadership and taking more priority over trying to prove their superiority over other Patrons.
• Being notorious supervillains in their own right, it's no surprise that they're opposed by the superhero community and for them, the Pantheon has a far greater mass of them than what was provided in Paragon City. Outside of them being villains, there's really not much of a personal reason to go against them, save for a few other deities, if mainly because some of their actions may hit a personal spot, but the fact remains that the Arachnos Patrons would be going through a lot of fights against the Grand United Alliance of Good and several superhero teams and organizations, namely the Justice League, Teen Titans, Avengers, X-Men, the U.A. High School and the Hero Association. The fact that the Freedom Phalanx has some influence on the Justice League and the Avengers only furthers the animosity for the Patrons.
  • Unlike most individuals in the organization, Scirocco absolutely despises Darkseid because to simply put it, he's a malevolent force of destruction and misery who's worse than even Lord Recluse's villain rivals in regards to their evil. Unfortunately for Scirocco, the fact that he's cursed to only doing evil acts means he can do nothing about opposing the Lord of Tyranny and has to force himself into serving him and Lord Recluse. Darkseid took notice of the information regarding Scirocco and coldly mocks him for it, in addition to musing how he's in control of what Scirocco has to do, in spite of how he actually feels and what he wants to do, which only serves to make Scirocco more frustrated and miserable.
  • Despite their alliances, the Arachnos Patrons do get along with associates and members of the Grand United Alliance of Evil as they do think the Patrons have proven themselves to be effective and rightfully feared villains and that they would be interested in the idea of working with them, if mainly for mutual benefit. However, because Darkseid seeks to put as much distance as he could from Melkor, these partnerships are only loose and temporary at best, which makes some of the GUAE members lament about not having much of a chance, primarily because it would benefit their own self-interests greatly. The exception to this is Scirocco, if mainly because he hates the fact that he's a villain and feels patronized whenever he's being praised for it.
• Due to Arachnos's anti-vanity and racial supremacy approach, the Arachnos Patrons reciprocate this feeling and have made it clear that whoever is a Nazi, sympathizes with them, and champions racial supremacy, in general, is an enemy and will not be spared from their plunders and invasions. Though Lord Recluse is really the only one who takes this stance seriously as the Patrons are simply more concerned about their power, influence, and their personal goals, though they do carry out in killing Nazis should their direct superior instruct them to do so. Naturally, Captain Mako is the one with the most given instructions in offing Nazis, if mainly because this is the sort of job he takes a gleeful liking to.
• Akame and Night Raid naturally take a stand against Arachnos because their experience in trying to deal with an empire that cared about power and influence above all has the group think Arachnos is rather similar to said empire in response and that while Lord Recluse is heavily distinctive from Prime Minister Honest, he's still an Evil Overlord that needs to be dealt with. Of course, the Patrons wouldn't want to go down without a fight, though their reactions vary; Ghost Widow doesn't really care and sees them as a threat, Captain Mako wants to fight and kill them out of thrill and to satiate his bloodlust, Scirocco doesn't want to fight them, but is forced to do so because of his curse, and Black Scorpion has taken an interest in Night Raid's Teigu's and seeks to obtain them as a means to better his security and/or sell them off for a large grand.
• Given that Arachnos was dedicated to villainy and dominance, the Cobra Commander found them to be a promising prospect to work on and decided to establish a working partnership with Lord Recluse on the matter. The Patrons, seeing that this could potentially further their own goals were open to accepting the Cobra Commander's offer. Of course, both Lord Recluse and the Cobra Commander are intending to use each others' resources to their own advantages as well, which means the Patrons seek to find a way to eliminate their enemies and threats with whatever their third party provides. Beyond that, Ghost Widow has found herself getting along with the Baroness as the two of them are a similar archetype and are normally seen as one of their organizations' best members. Despite her superhuman potency, the Baroness has no intention in gaining powers, especially not by dying, which Ghost Widow was fine by, so long as they work well with one another.
• They found intrigue under an individual named Enter, who initially served as a second-in-command of Vaglass in an attempt to conquer and overtaker the world via a Computer Virus... until its leader, Messiah, was killed off by the Go-Busters, leaving Enter to take up leadership and directly antagonize the heroes. Despite his ultimate defeat, Enter proved himself a capable and ruthless leader, the kind that Lord Recluse would have been... minus the pragmatism and authoritarian control that was needed to keep Arachnos in check. The Patrons themselves found Enter interesting and they got along, with the latter seeing them as useful tools for his end. Though if he had to be honest, Enter likes Captain Mako the most, seeing as he's the most ambitious and vicious of the four and is the closest he could see to an actual comrade.
• Ghost Widow is a psychic, just like the rest of the Night Widows that she tends to oversee and lead into combat. With her powers, she is able to transmit her mind into the Arachnos Seer Network, which allows her to broadcast herself to several digital screens and networks as a means to spread the message and mantra of Arachnos's armies, present them news, and motivate them in combat. As of joining the Pantheon, this has also become the case for the Harbingers of Repression. Of course, she commandeers an army of ghostly, feminine assassins with similar powers.
  • As a ghost, she often attracts hostile attention towards the Ghost Kamen Riders, a trio of heroes who have experienced death and went on a quest to get themselves revived. Naturally, they fight against one another, but the Riders elicit some pity towards Ghost Widow as they think she's a prisoner of her own organization, given that Arachnos is intrinsically tied to Ghost Widow's presence in the living world. Ghost Widow, however, doesn't reciprocate the sentiment and would rather continue to antagonize the Riders. The Riders have given a thought about the possibility of reviving Ghost Widow, though they think that it could be too much of a risk, given that she was already a deadly assassin before her death. There's also Danny Phantom, another heroic ghost who challenges and battles against Ghost Widow for more straightforward reasons. Though truth be told, Ghost Widow does see the Riders and Danny as opponents that she can take seriously and commend their tenacity and worth, which makes it all the more worthwhile to go up against them.
  • The circumstances of her ghostly existence is quite similar to what Reimi Sugimoto went through; both were killed prematurely and ended up being tethered to the living world due to personal circumstances; Ghost Widow, because she had a role that she didn't finish off in her mortal life, and Reimi, because she wanted to bide her time in paying retribution towards Yoshikage Kira, the man who murdered her out of a fetishistic desire. Needless to say, neither of them are fond of one another, though Ghost Widow thinks it's a waste of time indulging on Reimi when the latter wants to find some way to stop the former from committing further villainous acts.
  • Being a female assassin in her mortal life, Ghost Widow was open to striking a partnership with Talia Al-Ghul. This, in turn, also allowed Arachnos to find a way to establish a connection to the League of Assassins, which Ghost Widow thought would be an interesting direction as they could take advantage of the various mystical arts and crafts the League partakes in. Talia, conversely, thinks that Ghost Widow is someone that is good to work with, but aware of her ambition, she needs to be careful in giving her too much of a helping hand. Though so far, they get along and are open to helping one another out for the most part.
• Captain Mako is unquestionably the most ruthless and bloodthirsty Patron of Arachnos, and while the other members command fear and respect, Mako takes special credit for the former. He takes dominating residence in Sharkhead Isle and makes associations with others of his kind, including fellow mutant, Barracuda. He makes one thing really clear; he doesn't want to battle against heroes and threats, but he wants to kill them as viciously as possible and use his slaughters to inspire terror towards Arachnos's enemies. The Harbingers of Repression respect him the most as a Patron mainly because Mako is the most unrepentant and direct in his villainy.
  • Mako tenure as a pirate has made him an icon of sorts in the Hall of Piracy, where he's quite adamant in showcasing why the villain community should revere and fear him. That said, it did attract a rivalry under the infamous Captain Blackbeard, who thinks that Mako isn't ready yet to be the Pantheon's most notorious pirate. Mako's response is to simply dare him into a series of competitions. Rumor has it that these are still ongoing. His vicious nature bought the ire of both the Straw Hat Pirates and the Marine Fleet Admiral, Sakazuki; the former, especially Luffy and fellow Shark Man, Jimbei, are not fond of Mako's nature and justifiably see him as a dire threat, while the former wants to kill Mako simply because of his pirate history. Though for once, Sakazuki is accurate about Mako, even if he isn't any better as a person.
  • Relishing the thrill of combat and killing, Mako caught the attention of Kisame Hoshikagi, another shark-like person with an innate desire to engage in combat and searching for strong opponents to clash his blade, Samehada against. Seeing how the two of them couldn't resist a fight, Mako and Kisame came to respect each other and they even had a bout of friendly fights from time to time. Though Kisame doesn't personally associate with Mako, it's less to do with a moral conscience and more with the fact that fighting is really all he lives for in the Pantheon; Mako happens to be someone who could give him a worthwhile challenge.
  • Mako's reputation led him to become enemies with Aquaman, Ariel, and their friends and all of them try to do the best necessary to stave off Mako's rampant rampages in the seas if he ever starts one. Once, Mako was given orders to kill Aquaman to eliminate a potential threat, only to stumble across Black Manta, who wanted the same goal for more personal, and pettier, reasons. Despite their mutual tasks, they instead took to fighting against one another and neither of them has gotten along with one another since, primarily because Black Manta is adamant in claiming nobody, and absolutely nobody, but he himself, can kill the King of Atlantis. Even learning about Manta's occupation as a modern pirate nor infamy and reputation didn't improve Mako's stance; it's only just a rivalry of who gets to be the first to hunt down Aquaman.
• Scirocco may seem to be a formidable foe and threat to anyone he comes across, but the truth is that he isn't really evil by choice. If anything, all he really wants to be is to be a hero and perform acts of good and, more times than not, he's in a perpetually gloomy state. And clearly enough, barely anyone on his side can tolerate whenever Scirocco mopes on about his circumstances. In a sense, he's a Token Good Teammate for Arachnos and the Harbingers of Repression, and all of them simply try to motivate him to indulge in villainy, which doesn't do any favors for Scirocco. Beyond that, he possesses great control over the wind and sand and can conjure up great sandstorms during battles, on top of magical abilities that can drain the endurance of others and expert swordsmanship in close combat. He leads the My Mystics, who make up the mystical sub-faction of Arachnos and share most of Scirocco's abilities alongside having a specific specialty of an elemental.
  • Despite his villainous allegiance, Scirocco was still able to forge some alliances, though they all came from opposing sides to Arachnos and the Harbingers of Repression due to Scirocco's innate desire to do good. He found Black Adam a worthy ally as he was stalwart in his goal of protecting Khandaq. Seeing him as a fellow hero in a similar land, Black Adam has promised to find some way of relinquishing Scirocco's curse, which he felt glad about. He also came to like the company of Jecht and Golbez, who weren't really evil but had to work with villains out of convenience and making it clear that they didn't like what they did. Homura Akemi pitied Scirocco's situation, but also saw that her actions have made her villain despite wanting to do good and oddly found herself associating with him as a result. While they did annoy Arachnos and the Harbingers of Repression, they've decided to let these interactions play out, as they think they would likely fall apart due to Scirocco's curse.
  • Speaking of curses, there was Zeref, an ancient and powerful mage who contracted a curse that granted him immortality but also rendered him unable to form any close relationship with anybody as feeling any sort of empathy would trigger an aura of death that would kill anyone in his vicinity, which played a role in driving him insane and turning to villainy. Now that he's since been freed from it via death, Zeref is free to dictate how he wants to live his life. He empathized with Scirocco due to his curse and wishes he can help the Fallen Hero out in some way. Scirocco himself sees Zeref as a good soul and congratulates him for breaking away from his curse, but due to his, he can only fight against him, despite his intentions not to.
  • To his surprise, he found himself getting along with Mitsuzane Kureshima and his older brother, Takatora. Scirocco could relate to the former in how they were driven into a path of villainy, though Scirocco was cursed whereas Micchy was driven by an inferiority complex and came to see Hope as a detriment especially when his former best friend, Kouta Kazuraba, was a stern believer of that, as well as trust and affection. Though Michhy does end up realizing how his actions were unintentionally malicious and bought him no satisfaction and sympathized with Scirocco over his ordeal. As for Takatora, they're both the only decent members of a villainous organization and they had to put up a lot of struggle in what they went through. Scirocco wants to genuinely help and spend time with Micchy and Takatora, but his curse renders the possibility unlikely, to his shame, and while they do fight against one another, Scirocco makes it clear that he doesn't want to do so.
  • He also found himself relating his cursed tale to Anakin Skywalker, whose life went on a downward spiral after turning to the Dark Side, destroying the Jedi Order, being instrumental in reverting the Republic into the Galactic Empire, and becoming Darth Vader. Despite living his life as a brutal general who enforced tyranny and was prone to lashing out in extreme rage and destruction, Vader was a tormented man who acknowledged that beneath his seething rage, was a mentally broken and melancholic man who hated himself above all and simply wished he were dead. Vader and Scirocco were quite affable towards one another, even when they were on opposing sides. It helped that instead of feeling jealous, Scirocco was happy to see that Vader was able to be good in his own volition without anything holding him back... though he has to deal with a less-than-stellar reputation.
• Black Scorpion monitors military technology and security measures when he's not in missions and oversees the automatic and functional robotics that are sent out in Arachnos's battles. Due to his dim-witted mind and not having much ambition, on top of having the least interesting powers out of his peers, he is the least respected member of the Patrons, a fact that he does not take kindly to as he strives to proves his worth and superiority by any means. That, and he's not exactly the most pleasant guy to be working under, though he surprisingly does have a large measure of respect towards those who defeat him in fair combat and would feel indebted to help them out.
  • He was able to strike an Odd Friendship with Kalibak, despite their drastic differences aesthetically. Both have come to appreciate their devotion in wanting to prove themselves worthy of their superior's attention and credit. In fact, Black Scorpion was eager to present Kalibak with some of his techs in an effort to provide the New God with a new arsenal that could allow him to stand a better chance against his enemies, especially his younger half-brother, Orion.
  • He is also known to be a notorious briber, which puts an emphasis on Black Scorpion's crazy nature and his tenacity for doing evil actions for thrills. Usually, in case he gets a client, Black Scorpion would try to weasel some kind of bargain and once the client's back is turned, Black Scorpion would promptly kill them and take the bargaining money for himself. To Arachnos, this is acceptable as he's adhering to the organization's Darwinistic philosophy and the Harbingers of Repression are accepting of this. On the other hand, the House of Commerce aren't really a fan of what Black Scorpion does, and much of the Pantheon is savvy enough to not trust Black Scorpion in making any bribes and deals.
  • Due to his in mechanics and technology, he is keen on the House of Machinery and Technology and is very enthusiastic about what he may be able to find there for profit and for his suit. Naturally, he finds opposition from those who also use Powered Armour as their main power source, particularly Iron Man and War Machine, who normally try to make sure their suits' don't become a template for villainy. Black Scorpion tends to mock this notion, given that there's an Iron Monger, though he admits that Tony and Rhodey have been tough opponents to go up against.
  • Was initially interested in the existence of the Grand United Alliance of Machines, but when he tried to meet up with them, Black Scorpion was only met by hostility and resistance, much to his dismay as all he really wanted was to see if they could improve his armory. Black Scorpion also finds it off that they seem to have the same goals as Arachnos does, only that the GUAM replaces "evil" with "machines", even though most of the machines are villains by nature. He now seeks to upgrade himself further so as to show the GUAM who's meaner and badder, but to his frustration, they just see him as a lousy annoyance, despite one of its leaders, Brainiac, having a personal ceasefire against the Harbingers of Repression.

Crush and Gulp

Crush and Gulp, Divine Duo of Co-Dragons

Crush

Gulp

• Intermediate Gods
• Symbol: A Club (Crush) and Mounted Energy Guns (Gulp)
• Theme Songs: Crush's Dungeon (Reignited Remix) and Gulp's Overlook (Reignited Remix)
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Portfolio: Co-Dragons, The Brute, Dumb Muscle, Undying Loyalty to Ripto
  • Crush: Barrier Warrior, Carry a Big Stick, Collapsing Ceiling Boss, Dragon-looking Dinosaur, The Ditz, Edible Bludgeon, Roar Before Beating, Too Dumb to Live, Wings Do Nothing
  • Gulp: Belly Flop Crushing, The Brute, Extreme Omnivore, Eat the Bomb, Lightning Bruiser, Weaponized Animal
• Domains: Underlings, Evil, Intelligence, Boss Fights, Dinosaurs
• Allies: Ripto (Their boss), Gnasty Gnorc, The Sorceress, Dr. Neo Cortex, Ornstein and Smough, Sharptooth
• Enemies: Spyro, Sparx, Hunter and Bianca, Moneybags, Crash Bandicoot, Dragons in general.
• Crush and Gulp are the minions of Ripto and follow their master bidding without question. While the two are a bit on the less intelligent side they nonetheless make up with their enormous size and Ripto, while frequently complaining about their incompetence, wanted the two to have a temple in order to plan the destruction of Spyro. After messing with a few portals, both Crush and Gulp entered the Pantheon but were caught by the authorities and then reviewed for a position, where Ripto managed to convince the Court of Gods to keep his underlings in a separate house and they agreed to give them the position of Co-Dragons given their relation to Ripto.
• They aren't exactly known for their brightness but both Crush and Gulp are known to be fairly effective at what they do, even if Spyro made them look like complete buffoons. Crush acts as the enforcer and bodyguard of Ripto, being the first one his boss would send in case someone threatens Ripto's plans while Gulp acts as Ripto's steed and a potential second bodyguard should Crush fall.
• Needless to say, they have tried to eliminate Spyro under the orders of their master but once again, the tiny dragon managed to best them. Most of the time, Crush and Gulp work as the main enforces for the trio of Ripto, Gnasty Gnorc and the Sorceress since unlike the latter two, at least Ripto tried to give his underlings a temple in order to gain more influence.
• While not as noticeable as Ripto, the duo also despise dragons though mostly thanks to Spyro besting them and had numerous times invaded the House of Draconic Beings in order to kick them out and steal the temple for themselves. Of course this attempts have been mostly unsuccesful given that the dragons that live there are much more imposing than Spyro.
• Crush and Gulp also had an encounter with Crash Bandicoot after their boss teamed up with Dr. Cortex in order to eliminate their respective Arch-Enemy though as usual, they all failed and were foiled by Crash and Spyro working together. Though seeing as Cortex is still around the Pantheon and pretty much trying to get rid of those pesky bandicoots, both Crush and Gulp were happy to lend their hand in helping Cortex succeed but so far, Crash and Spyro have managed to prevail.
• Given their association with Ripto, Crush and Gulp met another duo that also despises Dragons, though their reasoning was much more related towards an event that wiped out all dragons and drove them to extinction but nevetherless both Ornstein and Smough were at first not impressed at the minions Ripto employed but gave the two some pointers on how to work together just like the armor-clad warriors do.
• They come from a race of dinosaur looking people though it seems Crush and Gulp are much more primal than Ripto in comparison and no one is sure why (some believe Gulp is an animal and not part of their race). Their imposing frame reminds a lot of people of the Sharptooth and they even share the viciousness with the creature, who for the most part tolerates them. This alliance also reached the attention of the Gang of Seven, who were terrified of the potential danger that Crush and Gulp posed.
• Crush has a habit of using a giant chicken leg as his weapon of choice, which made so many deities wonder where exactly did he get it in the first place. Some have said that he is even willing to do that to whatever dragon pisses him off or at least anyone who Rito sics Crush after.
• The duo initially tried to abandon Ripto after the latter seemingly perished in his fight against Spyro, Crush by trying to get a higher education while Gulp becoming part of a petting zoo of mistreated animals though once Ripto returned, they went back to their original role.
• One of the few things that Crush and Gulp are actually allowed to do is to torment Moneybags, mostly given the latter's tendency to charge for the silliest things and since Ripto also likes to mess with the bear, it's a win for everyone....except Moneybags of course.
• Can also be found in Villainous Roles.

James McCullen XXIV/Destro

Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV, God of Dragons-In-Chief (Destro)

• Intermediate God
• Symbol: His own Metal Mask
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Portfolio: Dragons-In-Chief, Evil Plans, Arms Dealers, War for Fun and Profit, Power Usurpers, Evil Metal Masks, Official Couple With The Baroness (in some continuities)
• Domains: War, Guns, Evil
• Followers: Chase Young, Grimmel the Grisley, Black Zetsu, Ivan Vanko/Whiplash
• Superior: Cobra Commander
• Allies: The Baroness, Kano, Kotonoha Katsura, Sekai Saionji, Lester/Bullseye, Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom, Starscream
• Enemies: Conrad S. Hauser/Duke, Optimus Prime, Steve Rogers/Captain America
• Destro feels it's only a matter of time before M.A.R.S. Industries takes over Cobra, but until then... he awaits.
  • There are rumors that he and Starscream plot together with the objective of usurping both Megatron and the Cobra Commander.
• His mask has one of the most appealing visuals of all time. Better exemplified in the movie continuity with the benefits of the current technology.
  • Said movie appearance also makes Destro admire The Doctor in spite of moral differences, as they shared an actor.
• Exchanges many ranged and explosive weapons often with Kano. After all, business is business.

Olga

Olga, Goddess of Enforcers Who Outlive Their Leader (Olga of the Seven Deities/Eight Guardian Generals, Goddest of Lust, Secretary)

• Intermediate Goddess (potentially capable of becoming a Greater Goddess)
• Symbol: Her ship, the Septentrion Alioth
• Theme Song: I Don't Need a God Who Only Takes Away
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Portfolio: Outlived Deus, and tried to avenge him, An Ice Person, Dark Action Girl, Evil Brit, Warmongering general, prefers aggressive tactics, More Deadly Than the Male, Ignored Enamored Underling, Undying Loyalty, The Unfought
• Domains: War, Lust
• Followers: Irma Bunt
• Allies: Deus, Wyzen, Augus, Kalrow, Sergei, Colonel Mael Radec, Esdeath, Selvaria Bles
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Yasha
• Enemies: Asura, Mithra, Chakravartin, Twilight Sparkle, The Smurfs, Asterix and his allies, Team Dai-Gurren
• Olga was originally one of the Eight Guardian Generals in service to the Emperor of Shinkoku to protect the Realm of Shinkoku and Gaea from those who wished to destroy it. Although her mantra affinity is Lust, she only has eyes for Deus. However, Olga and six of the other generals participated in General Deus' coup d'etat, which culminated in the assassination of the Emperor and the banishment and death of General Asura, who was blamed as the cause. Afterwards, the Eight Guardian Generals were disbanded and transformed into the Seven Deities. 12,500 years later, Olga launched an attack against a village that Asura had happened to come acros. However, the subsequent bombardment of the village only resulted in angering Asura, who proceeded to singlehandedly destroy Olga's fleet. After the death of Deus, Olga tried to kill Mithra out of revenge, but she was killed instead by the Golden Spider, which turned out to be Chakravartin, the true God of the Mantra. Olga was later reincarnated in the modern world as Deus' secretary, who was telling him of a meeting they were going to be late to attend, as he insisted on helping an old man cross the road. She was then chastised for insisting otherwise.
• Olga originally ascended into the pantheon as part of Deus' plan to reunite the Seven Deities, she was made The Goddess Who Never Retreats. However, once further scrutiny had been given for each and every one of them, Olga was removed along with Wyzen, Kalrow and Sergei. Unperturbed by this setback, Deus attempted to ascend the remaining Seven Deities once again. After the successful ascensions of Wyzen, Kalrow and Sergei, Deus managed to once again ascend Olga into the pantheon, this time as the Goddess of Enforcers Who Outlive Their Leader.
• As soon as she was re-ascended, Olga made straight for the House of Faith with the intent of killing Mithra as revenge against Asura and Yasha for killing Deus. Fortunately for Mithra, she was with Twilight Sparkle at the time, and the pony was able to hold her off long enough for Asura and Yasha to arrive. Needless to say, Twilight has gone on Olga's hit list. Olga was eventually banned from the House of Faith due to her constant attempts on Mithra's life. For the next few months, Olga could generally be found in her temple, seething at this apparent "injustice".
• Olga's love for Deus has confused many gods in the Pantheon due to her Mantra affinity being Lust. Olga doesn't particularly care about the opinions of the House of Love and is particularly disdainful of the House of Lustful Behavior, as she considers her love for Deus to be much more than simple lust.
• Out of the Seven Deities, she hates Chakravartin the most, as he is not only responsible for releasing Asura from Naraka both times, but was also the one who ultimatly killed her and prevented her from exacting her revenge against Asura and Yasha. Her hatred is so strong that she's willing to cooperate with Yasha whenver the Seven Deities end up fighting against Chakravartin.
• Olga has struck up something of a friendship with Colonel Mael Radec, as the two are both highly devoted to their respective leaders. However, Radec tends to be critical of the fact that Olga didn't fight against Asura and Yasha directly.
• Olga has also formed an alliance with Esdeath and Selvaria Bles, who are similarly Dark Action Girls who serve as The Dragons to their respective forces and are also infatuated with someone in particular. She particularly gets along with Selvaria, whose dedication to serving under Prince Maximillian, to the point she was even willing to use her power that causes her suffering if it meant pleasing him and bringing victory, strongly mirrors that of Olga towards Deus. However, Olga feels a lot more uneasy around Esdeath. Not only because of her insane and sadistic personality, but also because the object of her infatuation is Tatsumi, who is a member of a group of assassins who actively oppose the Empire which Esdeath serves.
• Her habit of bombing the hell out of villages populated by innocent humans has put her at odds with those who live in/protect villages such as The Smurfs and the Asterix deities. Although she doesn't regard them as serious threats, she's nonetheless annoyed by their opposition to her as it reminds her of how her failed attempts at killing Asura and utilizing the Brahmastra had rendered Deus' plan all but doomed to fail.

Lesser Gods

Gai Yuki/Black Condor

Gai Yuki, God of Lancers (Black Condor)

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• Lesser God
• Symbol: The Jetman Symbol
• Theme Song: "Honoo no Condor" by Toshihide Wakamatsu.
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Classical Anti-Heroes, Lancers, Casanovas, Breakout Characters, Determinators, Ineffectual Loners, Mr. Fanservice, Jerk with a Heart of Gold, Musical Assassin, Smokers.
• Domains: Combat, Antiheroism, Music, Second-in-Commands.
• High Priest: Joe Asakura/G-2, Joe the Condor.
• Allies:
  • All Ascended Toku Heroes.
  • Others: Kyoko Sakura, Elizabeth Mably, Satsuki Kiryuin, Byakuya Togami, Roy Mustang, Death the Kid, Lelouch vi Britannia, Crimson Viper.
• Respects: The GUAG Chick Magnet Quartet and the GUAG Special Lovers Squad.
• Enemies: Ryoma Sengoku/Kamen Rider Duke, the Trollkaiger (especially Yuuki Terumi and Handsome Jack), Monokuma and his Mastermind, Lex Luthor, Kazuya Mishima.
• Opposes: Masato Kusaka/Kamen Rider Kaixa.
• Ascended from the Toku Base, Gai Yuki is a well-known secondary leader of Choujin Sentai Jetman due to his sense of justice even he acted like a jerk at times. After the destruction of Vyram however, Gai was killed in the mortal world after an unfortunate event of getting sucker-stabbed by a mugger. He would turn that mugger into a punching bag, but apparently hanging out with the Jetman did wonders to his attitude that he foregoes vengeance.
  • Fortunately, this didn't stop him from helping the Gokaiger from beyond the grave so that they could gain his team's Great Power.
• Has lots of authority issues, but when duty calls, he's one of the best vice-leaders the House has to offer.
• Ian Yorkland of the Kyoryugers looks up to him, considering that Ian is somewhat of an Expy.
• He usually spend his time in the House of Music, playing Jazz Music with his Saxophone which some of the music-loving deities are impress with his playing skills.
• He has a good reason to despise Masato Kusaka with all of his passion, due to him being a more, and yet, iredeemable jerkass than him and his actions remind him on how he used to be during his early times with his fellow Jetmen.
• He has a constant war against the Trollkaiger, especially with Handsome Jack, most likely due to his status as a petty scumbag as Gai swears to Jack he will beat him like a punching bag until it breaks into pieces.
• Gai Yuki handpicked Joe Asakura as his High Priest due to his high respect on one of the earliest examples of being the team's Lancers and considers Joe as his spiritual predecessor.
• Known to only a few, Gai has a... mind-scarring experience, where he found himself in a world where he's still living and suddenly becoming Skyforce's Deputy Commander and apparently marrying his ally Ako Hayasaka/Blue Swallow and forming an alliance between Super Sentai and Power Rangers called 'United Super Sentai-Power Rangers Alliance'. That's the least of the problems. He proceeded to witness how the Power Rangers were boot-licking and worshipping the Super Sentai to no end, and his commander Aya Odagiri being completely bitchy and sending members for the slightest misconduct into 'Detention Center' where she had them break piles of rocks and many more, and even fellow Sentai warriors suddenly taking levels to dumbassery and jerkassery to facilitate that... Well, needless to say, Gai was genuinely horrified with that vision and wishes that it would absolutely never come to pass in the Pantheon...
  • However, there was also another experience where Gai found himself fighting against Radiguet again, but this time he has help with some Sentai Warriors, led by Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red. The battle is still ongoing and there's a lot that Gai learned, including some respect to others, and something that his flirty self discovered in a new way.

Demigods

Creon

Creon, God of Satisfied Second-In-Commands

• Demigod
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral
• Domain: Service, Politic, Burial
• Portfolio: Second-in-command who is satisfied with his position under Oedipus, refused to bury Polynices, different opinion on whether he is a Villain Protagonist or a Tragic Hero, Well-Intentioned Extremist, tried to release Antigone but was too late
• Followers: Kevan Lannister, Cyclonus, Ultra Magnus
• Allies: Many rulers in the Pantheon, especially Tywin Lannister, many Transformers deities especially Soundwave
• Enemies: Starscream, Ophelia, Varys
• Complicated Relationship with: Oedipus
• Opposes: Alistair Theirin
• Opposed by: Many Ancient Greeks deities.
• The second-in-command of Oedipus, after hearing that his former king has ascended to the Pantheon, Creon immediately packed his belonging in order to visit him and help him to settle in. Touched by Creon's dedication.
  • However, his reunion with Oedipus got heated when the king learned about Creon's involvement with his daughter death because she wanted to bury his daughter. While Oedipus appreciate Creon's loyalty, he angrily asked Creon to not come to his temple again.
  • Additionally, Creon's action of refusing to bury Polynices has earned him the ire of every other Greek deities in the Pantheon. However, not many can agree on whether his punishment for the action (losing his wife, son and daughter-in-law right after planning to pardon Antigone) is too harsh, appropriate for his incredible disrespect or not harsh enough.
• Because of his what his temple represent, Creon is extremely popular among the rulers and kings/queens in the Pantheon. Many of them are glad that their most trusted second-in-command is present and helps them run their domains.
  • However, Lord Varys is banned from entering the temple because of his murder of one of its followers Kevan Lannister to throw Westeros into chaos.
  • His temple is one of the favorite place for Tywin Lannister to visit due to the fact that one of his followers is Tywin's own loyal servant Kevan. The same thing can be said for many of the Transformers deities, especially Soundwave.
• Because of the trope that his temple represent, he has nothing contempt for Starscream, who is the complete opposite.
• He has a bad relationship with Ophelia because she was also disrespect during her death while he considers her a lunatic that only bring trouble to other people around her.
• Think Alistair is too whiny and uncaring about his responsibilities. Although Creon does acknowledge that Alistair might eventually grow out of that mindset.

Gosalyn Mallard

Gosalyn Mallard, Goddess of Tagging Along Despite Being Told Not To (Gos, Quiverwing Quack, Crimson Quackette, Gosmoduck)

Gosalyn's original appearance.

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• Demigoddess
• Symbol: Her jersey
• Alignment: Chaotic Good
• Portfolio: accompanying Darkwing Duck every single time, Happily Adopted, Fiery Redhead, Girlish Pigtails, Daddy's Girl, The Lad-ette, One of the Boys, Bratty Half-Pint (mainly to the villains), unofficial Kid Sidekick, The Lancer, Living Emotional Crutch, and Morality Chain to Darkwing, Significant Green-Eyed Redhead, Big Eater, never cleans her bedroom
• Domains: Kids, Tag-Along, Sidekicks
• High Priestess: Olivia Flaversham
• Allies: Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck (her foster father), Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Jade Chan, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Sora, Bunny, Babe
• Enemies: All enemies of Darkwing Duck
• During (nearly) each and every one of Darkwing Duck's adventures, there has always been a sighting of a young duckling with red pigtails helping out from behind the scenes or close to the action; Gosalyn Mallard. To the dismay of her father, she was ascended as a result by the Court of the Gods after her profile was evaluated. He didn't like seeing her away from his temple, but nothing could be done.
  • With her new position, whenever she goes with her foster father, she always has some followers along for the ride, giving Darkwing a few more headaches to handle. That said, even she knows to keep a secret, as open as it might be for some.
• As another kid who does the same thing, Gosalyn became fast friends with Jade Chan, and they sometimes go together on escapades with their respective guardians, much to the exasperation of Jackie Chan and Uncle in addition to Drake.
• Just in case it's not stressed enough, putting Gosalyn in harm's means getting into Darkwing's bad side, and he can actually get plenty competent when that happens.
• Is very cautious around time machines, any other forms of Time Travel, or people with that ability; given the last time she used one, her father became a Knight Templar dictator.
• There have been sightings of a Shadow Gosalyn in the TV World representing her temper, ego, and irresponsibility. That said, given some of the kids who went in and what they've become since then (though to be fair, it wasn't really their fault but that's a long story), Darkwing's apprehensive at the idea of her going there, or himself going there to face his Shadow in fear of her following him, and that can risk Shadow Gosalyn showing up. On the brightside, the rules of the Pantheon means that she won't be able to go crazy with that Persona of hers.
  • Speaking of those kids, she's thinking of hanging with them in their escapades, even after hearing of those rumors; she's sure she's seen worse from the future with her Bad Future Knight Templar father, as well as the other baddies he's had to face. Whether she'll be proven wrong is up to debate. So far, gods have managed to play it safe by making her go on LARP adventures that the four create along with some wrestlers. Unfortunately, the first time Gosalyn was to meet up with them, she got trolled into being directed to the House of Vampires (instead of Popularity where The New Day were waiting for her) and began spraying two certain vampire wrestlers with a squirt gun, nearly got herself covered in blood by Gangrel which lead to Darkwing Duck to get dangerous and an absolute chaotic mess in said temple.
• Due to how similar their voices are, she became quick friends with the little sheep-pig Babe and the first fourth Powerpuff Girl Bunny.